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  2. Eastern Time Zone - Wikipedia

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    Current time. 17:52, 10 September 2024 EST [refresh] 18:52, 10 September 2024 EDT [refresh] Observance of DST. DST is observed in parts of this time zone. The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

  3. Coordinated Universal Time - Wikipedia

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    Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time. It establishes a reference for the current time, forming the basis for civil time and time zones. UTC facilitates international communication, navigation, scientific research, and commerce. UTC has been widely embraced by most countries and ...

  4. List of UTC offsets - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the UTC time offsets, showing the difference in hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), from the westernmost (−12:00) to the easternmost (+14:00). It includes countries and regions that observe them during standard time or year-round. The main purpose of this page is to list the current standard time offsets ...

  5. History of time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.

  6. Time in Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Time in Arizona, as in all U.S. states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation [1] as well as by state and tribal law. All of Arizona is in the Mountain Time Zone. [2] Since 1968, most of the state—except the Navajo Nation —does not observe daylight saving time and remains on Mountain Standard Time (MST) all year.

  7. Universal Time - Wikipedia

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    Universal Time. Universal Time (UT or UT1) is a time standard based on Earth's rotation. [1] While originally it was mean solar time at 0° longitude, precise measurements of the Sun are difficult. Therefore, UT1 is computed from a measure of the Earth's angle with respect to the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF), called the Earth ...

  8. List of time offsets by U.S. state and territory - Wikipedia

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    Central Standard Time (Phenix City observes Eastern time on a de facto basis) Alaska. UTC−09:00 AKT. Yes. Most of state: UTC−09:00 AKST Alaska Standard Time. UTC−10:00 HT. Aleutian Islands (west of 169°30' W): UTC−10:00 HST Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. American Samoa. UTC−11:00 ST.

  9. Time in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Standard time (winter) Eastern Standard Time (EST) UTC−05:00. Daylight time (summer) Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) UTC−04:00. Independent of daylight saving time, solar noon on the March equinox is about 12:00 in Western Massachusetts and 11:47 in Nantucket to the east. New England, which includes Massachusetts, is one of the few areas in the ...